Book contents
- Clean Water Policy and State Choice
- Clean Water Policy and State Choice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Setting the Stage
- 2 Reagan Federalism, States’ Rights, and the Revolving Loan Fund Model
- 3 The Foundations of Water Quality Policy in the United States
- 4 Expansion and Contraction in the Federal Role in Water Quality Policy
- 5 Features of the Water Quality Act of 1987
- 6 A Model of State Implementation of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program
- 7 Initial State Implementation of the Revolving Loan Fund Model
- 8 Implementation “On the Ground”
- 9 The Distributional Impacts of the CWSRF
- 10 Promise and Performance
- Book part
- About the Author
- Notes
- References
- Index
6 - A Model of State Implementation of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2022
- Clean Water Policy and State Choice
- Clean Water Policy and State Choice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Setting the Stage
- 2 Reagan Federalism, States’ Rights, and the Revolving Loan Fund Model
- 3 The Foundations of Water Quality Policy in the United States
- 4 Expansion and Contraction in the Federal Role in Water Quality Policy
- 5 Features of the Water Quality Act of 1987
- 6 A Model of State Implementation of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program
- 7 Initial State Implementation of the Revolving Loan Fund Model
- 8 Implementation “On the Ground”
- 9 The Distributional Impacts of the CWSRF
- 10 Promise and Performance
- Book part
- About the Author
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter develops and presents a model of state choice in the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program. Based on the extant literature on both the CWSRF and water quality policy more generally, a model is presented that includes elements of state implementation choice in program structure and operation, initial state sufficiency of program resources, and state commitment to water quality. Control variables in the model include a series of demographic variables, political variables, and a measure of water quality need. The dependent variables in the model are measures of the distribution of program resources for different categories of program recipients, as indicated by the dollar value of loans, and the percentage of total loans, to each category of recipient. The recipient categories includes program resources to communities with significant environmental need, communities with populations less that 10,000 residents, and communities facing financial hardship. Finally, a fourth category represents the number (and percentage) of loans made by a state for nonpoint pollution needs.
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- Clean Water Policy and State ChoicePromise and Performance in the Water Quality Act, pp. 120 - 142Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022